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DISTANCE 

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CROSS 
COUNTRY 
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SKETCH OF AMERICAN MIDDLE AND I 
I LONG DISTANCE RUNNERS. ^ ) 

America's middle distance runners and sprinters are famous 
throughout the world. Her distance runners rank second only 
to the Englishmen, whose climate and general upbringing have 
made them peerless in this one branch of sport. These are the 
two salient points that strike one in glancing hastily down the 
vista of American champions from 1876 to the present day. The 
American sprinter and quarter-miler are the best in the world to- 
day, and they have been so ever since 1880, only four years after 
the first American championships were held. The half-milers 
have found their equals in England, though that famous Ameri- 
can distance runner, Kilpatrick, holds the best half-mile record 
ever made. But in such men as Bredin, who defeated Kilpatrick 
in England; Workman of Oxford, Cross, Tysoe, the late world's 
champion, and numbers of others, our British cousins have 
shown an equality. 

In mile running, it is true we had the greatest of all distance 
runners (W. G. George alone excepted) in the person of Tommy 
Conncff. who, running under New York Athletic Club colors, 
made the present world's amateur record of 4 minutes 15 3-5 
seconds. But Conneff v>'as not American born, and thus the 
credit for the performance is shared with the Britishers. The 
best mile record ever made in America is that held by George 
W. Orton, at 4 minutes 21 4-5 seconds, while in England hardly 
a year rolls by that some new man does not beat 4 minutes 20 
seconds. Last summer four men in the English championship 
mile race beat 4 minutes 20 seconds, the winner making a new 
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Fig. 1. Do not get the head too far back in the cramped position V 

shown in the ilhistration.' This is what is known as tieing up, and it S 

can be avoided to a great extent by a conscious effort to retain form even Ij 

when very tired. This position will also be accompanied by an up and g 
down arm motion, while the legs will also be thrown into the air and the 
stride be greatly shortened. 



Distance and Cross Country Running. 5 

English amateur record of 4 minutes 16 4-5 seconds. Thus, in 
distance running, the Englishmen must be granted a decided 
lead. This is all the more apparent the longer the distance. 
Practically but one great American ten-mile runner has been 
developed in the history of American amateur sport, that be- 
ing the eccentric, but really very high class runner, the J'^t'^. 
W. D. Day. 

QUARTER- MILERS. 

In taking a glance over the quarter-milers that have come 
and gone, there is one name which should live as long as Ameri- 
can sport exists, and that is L. E. Myers, now dead. In '79 and 
the early '80s his fame resounded throughout the civilized world 
as a man who combined both the qualities of a sprinter and the 
stamina-of a distance runner. Myers was at his best from 300 
yards to 1,000, and his 100, 800 and 1,000 yards' records still 
stand, though for twenty-three seasons athletes all over the 
world have assailed them in vain. After him, Dohm, Downs, 
Baker .and Remington held the attention of the American sport- 
ing world. Baker being famous for his straightaway record of 
47^ seconds for the quarter-mile. In 1895, Tom Burke ap- 
peared as a champion, and he was about as good as they make 
them. He could sprint in record time, while on several occasions 
he beat 49 seconds, for the quarter-mile, made new world's 
records for 500 and 600 yards and ran the half under r minute 
56 seconds. In '96 and '97 he was closely followed by Maxey 
Long, who developed into the most perfect quarter-mile machine 
that ever appeared on a track. Long combined both speed, ease 
of action and endurance in the very best ratio for a quarter-miler. 
After winning a quarter-mile in 47 4-5 seconds on the New 
York Athlefic Club fifth of a mile track in 1900, he tried the 440 
yards straightaway and put up the wonderful record of 47 seconds 




Fig. 2. Do not throw the arms across the body. Running is an en- V 

deavor to go straight ahead in the shortest possible time. This across- S 

the-body-motion of the arms will not throw one forward and thus help ft 

the athlete to get a long stride, while it will have a definite retarding II 

tendency by throwing the athlete off his stride. !! 



Distance and Cross Country Running. 7 

flat. Long was the natural development of such a quarter-miler 
as Myers was and he seems to be about the acme of perfection 
for this distance. 

Myers, 'Burke and Long are then the men most famous as 
quarter-milers, but there were numbers of other men deserving 
mention, such as Boardman of Yale, Shattuck of Amherst, We- 
fers, the world famous sprinter ; Richards of Yale, and Hollister 
of Harvard. Indeed, a list of the men who have beaten 50 
seconds for the quarter-mile would be a very long one, and it 
would prove that this is a distance in which Americans excel. 
Nothing more than some of the relay races of recent years 
would prove this. For instance, at the New Jersey Athletic Club 
games in the late '90s, the Harvard, Yale and Pennsylvania teams 
all finished under 3 minutes 24 seconds. In 1902, at the Univer- 
sity of Pennsylvania relay races. Harvard equalled the world's 
record of 3 minutes 21 2-5 seconds, with the Yale quartette but 
four yards away. 

HALF-MILERS. 

But three names stand out prominently in the history of Ameri- 
can half-mile running. They are Myers, Dohm and Kilpatrick. 
Hollister of Harvard would have been just as prorninent had he 
not confined his running exclusively to representing his college. 
Myers has already been spoken of. The fact that he holds the 
800 yards record of i minute 44 2-5 seconds and the 1,000 yards 
record of 2 minutes 13 seconds, shows what a fine half-miler he 
must have been. Frequently he ran the distance under i min- 
ute 56 seconds and he would probably have gone right down to 
the present world's record had he been especially trained for 
the distance. 

Dohm was the idol of both the college and amateur world in 
his day, mainly because of the gameness which characterized 




Fig. 3. Do not throw the foot out in front in reaching for the stride 
and then, as in the illustration, bend the ankle and knee down and 
chop the stride. This is one of the commonest faults of runners. The 
leg should be thrown out straight in front and the full length of limb 
taken advantage of. An athlete who has this fault should remedy it 
even at the risk of shortening his stride, for by chopping one's stride 
one not only loses length of stride but time is lost in putting the leg out 
and then drawing it back, which of course is what is done when the 
knee and aiikle are bent downwards. 



Distance auc/ Cross Country Running, 9 

his running. He does not appear on the record books, but he 
ran under i minute 57 seconds on many occasions. He was 
followed by T. B. Turner, a sterling runner, and then there ap- 
peared on the scene, Charles Kilpatrick. In '94, he won the 
Intercollegiate champion.ship and from then on his title was 
questioned but once. His work culminated in the international 
meeting between the London Athletic Club and the New York 
Athletic Club, in '95. He then defeated the fastest men of Eng- 
land and created a new world's record of i minute 53 2-5 sec- 
onds, which stands to-day. America thus has the credit of 
developing the fastest half-niiler that ever lived. Hollister was 
running the same time as Kilpatrick. His most sensational race 
was against Kilpatrick in '95 at the Intercollegiate A.A.A. cham- 
pionships when he defeated him after a hard race through the 
stretch. The next spring, he made his best time when he cre- 
ated the present Harvard record of i minute 54^ s^onds. These 
men were followed by Manvel and Burke, both sterling half- 
milers, while Cregan also did some good half-mile running. 

DISTANCE RUNNERS. 

Mile running is now in a higher state of development than 
at any time in the history of American sport. Indeed, judged 
from the strictly national standpoint, there is very little for the 
athletic enthusiast of this country to crow over in surveying 
the championship tables of mile runners. If, however, we take 
the term American to include Canada, as it properly does, we 
shall not make so very bad a showing. Nothing special or 
startling was done by American miiers previous to the advent of 
E. C. Carter, the famous Britisher. But though the records of 
the old champions, Lambe, Morgan. Fredericks, Madeira, etc., 
do not make a good showing, they do not indicate the real powers 




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Fig. 4. Do not run pigeon-toed or land with the foot on the outside | 
edge. The foot should be planted squarely on the ground so that all S 
the muscles of the leg are brought into play. V 



Distance and Cross Country Running. II 

of these men. The ideas of training and the facilities for the 
same were not of the best, and in some cases the men could do 
considerable faster time than they were ever credited with. 

But when E. C. Carter came out to this country in '86 more 
interest was taken in the sport, and in the next year he did 4 
minutes 30 seconds, tht fastest time that had been made in the 
championships up to that date. In '79, Pellatt of Toronto gave 
an indication of what Canada was to do later by winning the 
mile championship, but in '88, Gibbs of Toronto again startled 
New Yorkers by beating not only the Americans, but Carter, and 
A. B. George and Conneff. who had been brought out by the old 
Manhattan Athletic Club for the purpose of putting a stop to 
Carter's winning course. Gibbs defeated them decisively and had 
it not been for most unfortunate family troubles, Gibbs would, 
in succeeding years, have become a very famous runner. In 1890, 
in his training, he beat 4 minutes 20 seconds in a trial, only to be 
forced by a death in his family not to compete for athletic honors. 

Carter then gave up mile running and George and Conneff 
fought it out with honors nearly even for Conneff was not then 
the peerless mile runner into which he afterward developed. In 
'92, another Canadian carried off the honors in the person of 
George W. Orton and for five years he won both the Canadian 
and American mile championships. We have already spoken of 
Conneff's wonderful running in '95. In '97 J. F. Cregan won. 
Cregan was the first native of this country to win the mile for 
eleven years. He repeated the trick the next year. The succeed- 
ing season another Canadian star loomed up and Alec Grant 
became champion. He has held the championship ever since, 
excepting in 1900, when Orton carried off his sixth championship 
in this event. Grant is the present champion, therefore, and he 
promises to develop^ into the best distance man we have ever 



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Fig. 5. Do not sway the body from side to side, and do not swing 
the arms up and down. 



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Distance and Cross Couutry Running. 13 

had. Thus in the last seventeen years, the United States mile 
championship has been won only twice by a native of the coun- 
try. This should furnish food for thought. But, as noted 
above, there are more good milers in the country to-day than 
ever before and all that it needs to make this country as feared 
in this branch of track and field sport as she is in all others is 
persistent and careful encouragement. 

LONG DISTANCE RUNNERS. 

The really first-class five and ten-mile runners that this coun- 
try has produced can be counted on the fingers of one hand. 
Indeed, taking our English cousins as a criterion, W. D. Day 
seems about the only man who would take first-class rank. His 
two-mile record of 9 minutes ii 1-5 seconds, his ten-mile record 
of 52 minutes 38 2-5 seconds and his three-mile record of 14 
minutes 39 seconds, show what a fine runner he was. Kanaly, 
Grant and Orton are about the only other men who showed abili- 
ty to go_ fast over a distance of ground. It must be remembered, 
however, that both Carter and Conneff did magnificent work at 
both these distances from '86 to '92. 

There are but two more distance events, the cross country 
championship and the steeplechase. In the latter, Orton showed 
himself a real champion by winning the American championship 
practically from 1893 to 1903, and in the meantime winning the 
event in England in '97 and the world's championship in Paris in 
1900. Day, Carter and Orton were the leading cross couutry 
runners from the clubs, while in the colleges the past four years 
have developed very good men in A. Grant, J. Cregan, Franchot 
and Bowen. 

Though the foregoing are the events that are found on our 
championship programmes, the Boston A. A. has for several years 




g .Fig- 6. Do not swing the foot up too far behind. This is waste mo- g 

? tion, ajid for that reason it should be avoided. The foot should be » 

11 brought forward describing as low an arc as is consistent with getting j] 

y the knees out for the ne.xt stride. V 



Distance and Cross Count}')' Running. 15 

given a Marathon race of t\vv?nty-five miles. This has resulted 
in developing three or four long-distance men of the highest 
quality, the most famous of which is McCaffrey of Hamilton, 
Ont, Canada, the holder of the world's record for this distance 
and kind of race. Mellor of Yonkers follows closely in his foot- 
steps and would probably have broken McCaffrey's record in the 
1902 race had he been pushed all the way. 

Note. — The reader will kindly pardon the recurrence of my 
name in the above brief review of distance running. A survey of 
the lists of American champions will show that I could not do 
otherwise if my review were to be authentic. — George W. OrtoJj. 




S Fig. 7. Do not bend the body over too far, as this does not allow the g 

A legs to exert their full strength. It also throws the runner off his stride. 
V It shortens the stride. 



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Distance and Cross Country Running. 



GENERAL RULES \ 

There are various general matters which relate to all distance 
running and by stating them here, it will be unnecessary to do so 
in dealing with each department of distance work. First, the 
matter of developing good form should be carefully considered. 
The athlete should run naturally, thus allowing his muscles to 
get the reflex action which makes the athlete's task so much the 
easier and better. The muscles should not therefore be kept at 
high tension, but be allowed freedom of action. It i^ this tend- 
ency to run stiffly and artificially which has ruined many a prom- 
ising runner. "Do not tie up," is one of the most frequent calls 
of advice which Murphy gives to his men when training. 

The runner should have no lost motion. Any motion takes time 
and lost motion is thus merely lost time. Time is lost by many 
runners by making the foot describe a curve upward toward 
the thigh when bringing it forward for the ne.xt stride. The foot 
should be brought straight forward with the least possible curve. 
This flinging up of the heels not only takes time on every stride, 
but it is exhausting for the muscles of the leg, and thus is a 
double detriment and must be avoided. 

Some athletes also lose time by hesitating to put the foot down 
smartly when it is brought forward. There is a perceptible 
pause between each stride. This may be only a hundredth part of 
a second, but in a long race it may be disastrous. But this is not 
the most common failing noticed in athletes when putting their 
feet down for the next stride. There are many who throw out 
their leg and foot in perfect form, but either by holding them- 



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selves too erect or by a haste to finish their stride, they slightly 
bend the knee and thus shorten their stride. Again this may 
make a diflference of less than an inch (though in many cases 
much more space is lost), but in even a quarter-mile, the ac- 
cumulation of lost inches would mean quite a" distance at the 
end of the race. It would mean yards in a mile and perhaps laps 
in a ten-mile race. 

The leg. therefore, should be thrown out well in front and the 
full stride used, while no lost motion should be allowed in bring- 
ing the foot back at the finish of the stride. To carry this out the 
full leg will have to be used. Some runners make their upper leg 
do all the work, while others try to run using only the leg from 
the knee down. To get" the full stride the high and the knees will 
have to be thrown forward. 

The arms should be held in an easy position beside the body. 
They should not be kept tense, but on every stride they should be 
used naturally to aid the rumier. By holding them up too high, 
with bent elbows, and by swinging them across the body, too 
much body motion is created, while this strained position has a 
tendency to make the athlete "tie up." 

Do not lean forward too much when running. This will shorten 
the stride by driving the foot down to the earth. It is also a 
strain on the muscles of the back and abdomen and it does not 
allow these muscles free play. They are very important, as is 
well known. The athlete should lean forward slightly, so that 
the center of gravity of the body will be over the foot as it meets 
the earth on each stride. 

Some athletes have the very bad habit of leaning back when 
running. This destroys the whole motion, as because of the 
angles at which the various tendons work with reference to one 







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Distance and Cross Country Running. 21 

another, it makes the runner cHp his stride in front and lose mo- 
tion in bringing up his leg for the next stride. 

The head should be held in a natural position. This is neces- 
sary if the respiratory organs are to be given full play. How 
important this is, every one will recognize at once. The failing 
in this regard is a tendency of many athletes to throw the head 
back. This shuts off the wind, and it is generally accompanied 
by "tieing up." 

Many track athletes seem to forget that it is just as necessary 
to have a good heart, lungs, back and abdominal muscles as 
it is for the driver of a locomotive to have a strong boiler with 
which to generate its power and speed. Every athlete either by 
gymnasium work, by fencing, boating, sailing, hockey, or some 
other form of exercise should build up his body, so that the up- 
per works will correspond to the lower. Even though the track 
athlete has a good body to begin with, he should take a little 
exercise, say with dumb bells, the punching bag or with the 
chest weights every day, so that this part of his anatomy will be 
retained in a high state of vigor. Those who have not a good 
body should be just as careful about this part of their exercise 
as they are about their real work on the track. Success cannot 
come without both, no matter how the result may be obtained. 

The matter of diet in these latter days is a very simple ques- 
tion. Strike out alcohol in all forms ; tobacco, except in very 
rare cases ; highly seasoned dishes and pastry, and be tern 
perate in the use of water (my Philadelphia friends will think 
this an unnecessary order), and you have all that is required. 
Putting the matter affirmatively, eat good meats, bread, milk, 
and all that is recognized as sound, healthy food. In other days, 
the athlete was kept on the sparest diet and was trained to a 
very fine point. The modern trainer gets the same results by 




T. P. CONNEFF, N, Y. A. C. 

World's champion mile runner. He is a typical distance man, being of 
slight but sturdy build. 



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keeping the man strong and always with a store of reserve power. 
It is but common sense that should teach a man when begin- 
ning training to do easy and light work for the first few days. 
Many a strain is obtained by beginning fast work the first day 
out. 




C. H. KILPATRICK, N. Y. A. C. 
World's champion half-miler. He is a typical half-i 
strong, and with length of limb for a long stride. 



ler, being tall, 



Distance and Cross Country Running. 25 

MIDDLE DISTANCE RUNNING 

All distance runners should make sure that the stomach is in 
good shape. This is absolutely necessary for any distance above 
the mile. 

The half and the quarter are called the "middle" distances. 
The name is self-explanatory. The quarter partakes both of the 
nature of a sprint and a distance, the speed being the main ele- 
ment. The half-mile is also on the border between real distance 
work and sprinting, but here the staying qualities are the main 
desiderata. 

THE QUARTER MILE 

The kind of men best suited for the quarter-mile are those 
that have speed in the first place and a certain amount of stay. 
Our best quarter-milers have generally been men of about 5 feet 
10 or II inches in height, sturdily built, and with a long easy 
'Stride. Such a man was Maxey Long, the greatest quarter-miler 
that ever lived. Many other fine quarter-milers have been built 
on the same lines. 

There is another type of quarter-miler which is almost as com- 
mon : men on the Myers or Burke style. They were tall and 
thin. They had plenty of speed and the very length of their 
stride made up for the lack of stay which would have been fatal 
in a shorter striding quarter-miler. It is rarely that we see a 
small man a first-class quarter-miler, but Long, now at Yale, and 
Holland,- the present intercollegiate champion, are both small 
though very stoutly built. The first class mentioned are the best 



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a of form, body slightly bent forward, arms and legs working straight 5 

3 ahead and no lost motion of the legs. 5 



Distame and Cross Country Running. 27 

built for the work, for thej' combine speed and stay in the most 
favorable ratio for getting the results. 

We have said that speed is the most important part of the 
quarter-miler's equipment. He may have much stay, but if he 
has not speed he will not make a name for himself. This can 
be shown mathematically. The standard time for the quarter is 
50 seconds. This means an average speed of 11.3 seconds for 
the hundred yards all the way, while Long in his famous journey 
run of 47 seconds in 1900 did 10.68 seconds for each 100 yards of 
his journey, truly a wonderful performance. Speed being neces- 
sary, the quarter-miler must do plenty of sprinting. Every day 
he should practice short bursts, and he should run through the 
220 yards at racing speed occasionally. This work should be 
varied by longer dashes from 300 yards to the full distance. In 
this longer work, he should learn to start like a sprinter, and go 
right out the first 40 yards. This is very necessary, as on very 
many quarter-mile tracks, the quarter starts near the first turn. 
The speediest man will get the pole at this turn or at least a 
good position, while the slow starter, unless very lucky, will be 
bothered all the way around the turn ; often be forced to run wide 
and thus waste much energy, and on this account he he will 
often lose any chance of winning the race. 

After the first struggle for position, the quarter-miler should 
settle into a long, steady, fast stride, covering the. ground with the 
least expenditure of energy. He should be able to maintain this 
gait until turning into the stretch, when it will probably be tell- 
ing on him, and then it is generally a case of "devil take the 
hindmost," and get home as best you can. But if the quarter- 
miler can get away well, then settle into the desired long, easy 
swing, he will generally find that in the struggle for the tape the 
last 100 yards, he will have some reserve energy on which to draw. 




"Tom" Burke beating out " Herncy " Wefers in their famous race g 
at the A. A. U. Championships in 1896. Burke's time was 48 4-5s. on t 
y a poor track. Both were tall and very fast sprinters. y- 



Distance and Cross Country Running. 29 

If, on the other hand, the runner goes out too fast for the first 
200 yards, so to speak, fighting for his head all the way. he will 
generally find the last part of the race like climbing a precipice. 
Thus after the first burst at the start, the quarter-miler must 
learn to run with a little power always held in reserve. How 
near he can come to exhausting this reserve, he alone can tell, 
and a few races should teach him this. 

As the quarter-mile then consists mainly in the long, steady, 
fast stride which covers the ground from the first 40 yards to 
about the last 80, the young quarter-miler should develop this 
gait. He will find that the only easy way to go fast is by having 
speed in reserve. For instance, Wefers, the great sprinter, never 
trained for the quarter, but he has beaten 49 seconds for the dis- 
tance. This was due solely to the fact that the long, easy, fast 
gait for the quarter-miler seemed easy to him probably for over 
300 yards ; it then began to tell, but he was able to maintain it 
until his natural speed and grit brought him home in fast time. 
The quarter-miler must then work for this gait and this can best 
be done by 300-yard runs or by pacing through quarters at three- 
quarter speed. 

There is one thing, however, which every aspirant for quar- 
ter-mile honors must learn for himself. It may be that he has 
speed. As noted above, so much the better. But he may not 
have the required stay. In that case, he will have to do longer 
work, occasionally running 600 yards, or even a half-mile. But 
he must pay attention to his speed at the same time or he may 
get more stay, have less speed, and be just as poor a quarter- 
miler as in the fir.st place. If, on the other hand, the athlete has 
plenty of stay, but lacks speed, he should, of course, pay all the 
more attention to developing speed. 

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Distance and Cross Country Running. 31 

in training for the quarter-mile, but many other small things may- 
enter into the question. The athlete should see to it that he keeps 
his body in good shape, and that he takes special exercises for 
his chest, back and abdominal muscles, so that he will have the 
driving force and the nervous energy which often wins races 
when the leg muscles have done th^ir best and that part of the 
athlete's system is practically exhausted. 

It is always a dangerous matter to reduce training to a definite 
point, for the simple reason that what is one man's meat is an- 
other man's poison. For this reason, I hesitate to prescribe any 
daily routine of work. But for the benefit of those who have 
no trainer to look after their peculiar wants and needs, I shall 
give the following as a schedule of training for a week. 

Monday — i. Several short sprints away from the mark. 2. 
Run through the quarter, starting as fast as in a race, and then 
striking a long, swinging gait. Carry this pace all the way to the 
tape, but not so fast as to be distressed. 

Tuesday — i. Sprints as on Monday. 2. A 60-yard dash. 3. 
Run 300 yards, starting out at your best speed the first 40 yards ; 
then settle into a long, swinging gait at quarter-mile racing 
speed. This will give you the pace without punishing you. 

Wednesday — i. Sprints as usual. 2. Go through 200 yards at a 
fast gait, paying especial attention to stride. 3. If not tired, run 
a very easy quarter. 

Thursday — Do the same work as on Tuesday, omitting the 
60-yard dash if not in fine fettle, that is, if not feeling in run- 
ning "humor. 

Friday — i. Sprints as usual. 2. Go all the way through the 
quarter trying to develop the long, fast, ground-covering gait 
that is so necessary for quarter-mile running. Do not sprint at 
the finish, and do not run so fast as to be distressed. 



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Distance and Cross Country Running. 33 

Saturday — i. Limber up. z. Go the quarter at racing speed. 

Many things may make the above schedule unfitting for certain 
athletes. The man training for stay should do longer work 
than is mentioned, while the stayer should do more sprint work 
than is given. Bad weather may interfere. My rule is to do my 
long distance work on rainy days. It is dangerous to sprint on a 
soft track. 

THE HALF MILE 

As already noted, the half-mile up to this time has seemed about 
the limit for successful American athletic effort. In this event, 
America has had some of the best performers known to the ath- 
letic world. Charles Kilpatrick, whose world's record still stands, 
was the best of them all, but there were many others. The best 
of these men were tall and with a good readying stride. They 
could all run the quarter well and most of them could have run a 
good mile. Kilpatrick has run the mile in 4 minutes 25 seconds, 
while I have timed him a quarter in 50 2-5 seconds. The tall, 
long-striding athlete is the best fitted for this distance. This 
event is still one in which speed plays a part, though it is not 
so important as in the quarter. In that event, a man must be a 
fine sprinter to go the distance in championship form. This is 
not necessary for the half, but more stay is required. Here 
the athlete must have the latter quality or he will peter out the 
last 80 yards and finish in poor time. 

Just as in the quarter, stride is one of the first requisites for 
the half-miler. He must develop his stride so that he gets the 
most distance possible with the least expenditure of energy and 
without overstriding. Overstriding at any distance is very ex- 
hausting. The half-mile'' gait is quite fast and the best way to 
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considerably faster when pnshed. Tlie faster quarter-mile a 
runner can go, the easier he will hold a fast gait for the first 
quarter of the half. It is necessary to go fast the first quarter, 
if the best results are to be obtained. For instance, in running 
a two-minute half-mile, the first quarter should be run in 57 
seconds or a trifle better. The gait of the first quarter should be 
maintained until the last 220 yards is reached, when it is a case 
of trying to get further up on the toes for the sprint home. It 
is often very difficult to get up on the toes when one has run the 
first 660 yards at racing speed, but a conscious effort must be 
made to do so, as, if accomplished, the muscles are acting at 
different angles and parts that have not been at tension are put to 
work and the athlete seems to gain a new lease of life. Of course, 
it is often impossible for the athlete to sprint, as the muscles are 
too tired to respond to the call made upon them by the deter- 
mined athlete. 

The runner may lack stay. In that case he will have to do 
longer work than the half. But he should not neglect his quarter- 
mile work and his sprinting. If, on the other hand, the aspirant 
for half-mile honors has plenty of stay but not the necessary .speed 
for the quarter, he will have to do more sprinting and quarter- 
mile work than otherwise. In fact, the great majority of run- 
ners training for the half-mile seem to forget the speed part of 
their work. We see them day after 'day running their distance, 
sometime shortening their work to the quarter, but never sprint- 
ing. Speed is the one thing which should never be neglected. 

The half-miler should then make sure that he has the stay. 
He should take some sprinting nearly every day and he will find 
that an occasional 220 yards at racing speed will develop his 
speed. He should then try to develop his stride or half-mile 
gait. He can do this by running through quarters at a fast gait, 



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Distance and Cross Country Running. 37 

wliile he will find 660 yards the most useful distance in his 
training. He can go to the 660-yards at racing speed and not find 
it too exhausting. This, with an occasional half-mile, right 
through to the tape should get him into shape to do his best 
work. 

As in the quarter, the half-miler should pay attention to his 
body, as the speed is so great for such a long distance that very 
strong heart and lung action is a necessity, while the back and 
abdominal muscles must be able to do their share of the work. 

The remarks relative to making a schedule for the quarter apply 
with equal force to the half, but for the same reason we shall 
risk criticism by giving the following work for a week: 

Monday — i. Sprinting in short bursts. 2. 440 yards at half- 
mile racing speed, continuing another quarter at an easy pace 
with a sprint home the last 40 yards. 

Tuesday — i. A little sprinting to limber up. 2. 220 yards at 
a fast long striding gait. 3. After a rest, run through not more 
than 660 yards, at half-mile racing speed, continuing to the finish 
at a very easy pace. 

Wednesday — i. A fast quarter. 2. Some easy jogging work, 
with a burst of speed at the finish. 

Thursday — i. The same as Tuesday. 

Friday — i. Run 1,000 yards, going the first quarter at half- 
mile racing speed and then maintaining a good steady long stride 
the remainder of the distance. 

Saturday — i. Run a 660 yards or half-mile trial, or, better, get 
into a race, if possible. 



Distance and Ci'css Cotintrv Running 39 



DISTANCE RUNNING 

THE MILE 

We now come into the domain of real distance work. The 
basis and the great necessity of the distance man is stay. He 
mnst have this or he is no good. Stay is but a synonym for 
stamina or strength, and this can be obtained only in one way 
and that is by work. Of course, some men are more naturally 
gifted by nature with staying qualities than others, but every 
one can obtain them if they merely wish to do the required work, 
it being presumed that the man is sound in wind and limb. This 
fact is better known in England than it is here. There it is no 
uncommon sight during the fall and winter months to see a cross- 
country pack of one hundred or two hundred men and boys mak- 
ing across the country and all enjoying the run. 

The basis for all success in distance running is "work." This 
must be done either through persistent effort or through one's 
liking for the game. All the best men that this country has 
produced have been noted among their fellows as persistent 
workers. Tommy Conneff, the world's record holder, could do 
more distance running in his training than any one I have ever 
known. Mike Murphy has often told me that he could not give 
So-and-So as much work as he was giving me because he could 
not stand it. By the above I do not mean that the aspirant for 
distance honors should come in every day nearly dead with 
fatigue, nor that he should run a very long distance every day. 
But he must keep at it and see to it at the same time that he is 
strengthening every part of his upper body. 



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The youth cannot do better, in preparation for his distance 
work, than to engage in all kinds of hardy sport and to get in 
some cross-country running. In fact, the best way in which to 
prepare one's self for distance rimning is to begin cross-country 
work. If the real country can be found this is quite enjoyable 
and it soon develops the staying qualities to a very high degree. 
The athlete can then come on the track and with a few weeks' 
training get into shape for a good mile. 

The young miler .should try to develop an easy gait. He 
should pay attention to his stride, but he had better have his 
stride too short than too long, for overstriding in distance run- 
ning will soon put the athlete out of the race for honors; but 
by carefully watching his stride and consciously trying to develop 
it gradually, the runner will find that -he can lengthen it out and 
still run with his former ease. This will, of course, be an im- 
mense gain for him, for even though he should len,gthen it out 
but a fraction of an inch, this will make yards difference in a 
mile. But, again, the runner must not develop ease of gait at the 
expense of a loss of power, either in his leg or arm motion. I 
am afraid that there is a tendency to do this in America, espe- 
cially in respect to the use of the arms. The English run- 
ners make much more use of their arms than do the American 
runners. The arms should be swung so that they aid or lift 
tlie runner on every stride, but this motion must not be so strong 
or jerky as to jar the action of the heart and lungs. 

Together with ease of gait — and in fact a part of it — is a 
runner's ability to run fast without "tieing up," as they say. 
The muscles should not be kept at tension except at the end of 
the race, when they will naturally tighten up under the severe 
strain laid upon them. Everything should move freely and 




i RUSH, Chicago. WEFERS, N. Y. A. C. CRUM, Chicago. 

jj Wefers winning the sprint in the A. A. U. Championships. Note that 

J hoth Wefers and Crum have perfect arm action, while Rush has the fault 

» of throwing his arm across the body. 



Distance and Cross Country Running. 43 

with a natural reflex action. Many runners have the proper 
leg motion, but their arms and bodies are kept at tension from 
the very start of the race. This not only quickly tires the mus- 
cles but it retards the action of the lungs and to a less extent 
of the heart. This is diametrically opposed to the principles of 
running which, to a great extent, depends upon the rythm of 
action that is maintained between the legs, arms and so on of 
the runner on the one hand and the heart and lungs on the 
other. 

This means that the strength of the heart and lungs must 
correspond to the power of the legs, etc. Easy cross-country 
work is, as stated above, a great developer of tlie heart and lungs. 
They can also be strengthened by steady work in the gymnasium 
or by steady gymnastics of any kind. 

But though the mile is a real distance event, it cannot be run 
in championship form unless the athlete has some speed. W. G. 
George, Conneff, Binks, Welsh, Bacon, all of whom at one time 
or other have held either British or world's records for the 
mile, could run the half-mile considerably under two minutes, 
which is certainly a guarantee of some speed. This being the 
case, the milcr should do some sprinting, and some smart 660- 
yard work he will find very valuable in making him regard the 
mile pace as easy. Also, by taking 660 yards work in his training, 
he will get into the habit of running the first part of his mile fast. 
The ftiiler should even take a fast quarter now and then, and a 
run through the 220 yards will help him develop his sprint for the 
end of the race. If one has the speed it is then possible to get 
up a good sprint at the finish, while if the speed is^.not there, 
the runner will finish poorly in any case. I lay stress on this 
speed side of distance running mainly because we see so many 
mile runners pegging away day after day at their distance, and 



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English college distance runners. Note their poor arm action, but the 
suggestion of strength in all of them. Their records are very good. 
Gregson, Imile, 4 m. 19 4-5 s.; Cawthra, 1 mile, 4 m. 30 s.; Workman, 5^^ 
mile, 1 m. 54 2-5 s ; Cockshott, 1 mile, 4 m. 21 2-5 s. 



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rarely trying to develop any speed. The principle is the same as 
in the quarter and half. If the miler can run a quarter in 53 
seconds he will in that case he ahle to go the first quarter of 
his mile in 62 or 63 seconds and not feel the pace too much. 
On the other hand, if he cannot run the quarter better than 58 
or 59 seconds he will find the above first quarter altogether too 
fast for him. 

But though it is important not to neglect the speed depart- 
ment of mile running, in no case must the athlete make his 
whole work consist of this. He should go through his distance 
practically every day though (except when having a trial or in 
a race), he should not distress himself. He should always come 
back to the training quarters feeling as if he could have run 
more and as if he wanted to run more. It is often a good thing 
to run two miles occasionally, while every trainer will send his 
milers through a three-quarter mile run now and then to get 
them accu.stomed to the mile gait. One can run the three- 
quarters at mile racing speed without unduly fatiguing one- 
self. 

It is thus incumbent on the aspirant for mile honors to see 
that he has the stay for the full distance and sufficient speed so 
that he can maintain a fast gait. Having done this, or rather 
while doing this, he should be learning the pace that he can 
stand. There is no regular distance on our athletic pragramme 
which offers the same opportunity for head work as the mile. 
The basis for this head work is a practical knowledge of pace. 
li is absolutely necessary to know one's own capabilities and to 
he able to judge at what pace the race is being run. After one 
has mastered one's own capabilities one can make this of use 
by watching the others in the race and, if possible, running them 
off their feet. 



Distance and Cross Coiintrv Runnings ^y 

Tlie distances up to the mile are so short that it h a case of 
dasli from start to finish. In the mile there is always a place 
V, liere the distance runner feels so tired that he wishes to stop, 
but if he keeps on, he will recover, and probably run the last hun- 
dred in good time. The athlete must know enough not to force 
himself too much when he reaches this stage of fatigue in his 
mile, for if he does he will not recover and he will finish in very 
poor form. 

Mile runners have often discussed the best way to run the 
distance. Of course, every one has his own special ideas, but 
they all seem agreed that when in shape, the first quarter should 
be run fast, say somewhere close to a nnnute. By doing this 
the miler makes the most of his natural speed. He should then' 
keep up the gait, so that on reaching the half he is getting rather 
tired. Somewhere during the third quarter, or it may be near 
the beginning of the last quarter, he will strike the place where he 
is about willing to cry quits. But he must then fight ofT his 
exhaustion and sunuuon all his strength for the final effort. If 
en his last quarter, he can change his gait, get up on his toes 
and sprint, using his hip nuiscles to their full extent, he will 
find that he can work up a very good spurt. The length of this 
spurt will depend on the runner. Connefif once stated to me' very 
briefly the way in which he ran the mile: "I go the first quarter 
on my speed," said he; "by the time I reach the half I am get- 
ting quite weary ; at the three-quarter pole I feel dead to the 
world, but I go another quarter because I have to and because I 
make myself do it." 

It has only been the last few years that trainers have been 
teaching their milers to change their gait the last quarter mile. 
The principle of this is that by doing so- the athlete uses muscles 
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Distance and Cross Country R iinuing. 4g 

wliicli he has been using are set at a different angle of tension, 
and thus made to react more strongly and quickly. Some dis- 
tance men do this naturally, others can be taught it, while 
still others seem never to be able to master the trick. I have 
noted that generally those who could not be taught it were 
nnmers who could not sprint e\-en when fresh. This simple 
factor in distance running practically won the two-mile inter- 
collegiate championship for A. C. Bowen, of Pennsylvania, in 
1902, while it changed Aleck Grant from a good distance runner 
in.to one of the fastest men we have ever had in this country. 
He has now mastered the principle and it accounts for the speed 
which he gets up the last 300 yards of his races. 

The following schedule for a week of mile training is given, 
though in this event, eveii more than in the quarter and half, 
a very great deal depends upon the individual athlete and his 
gait. 

Monday — i. Limber up with three or four short dashes. 2. 
Run through the mile, going the lirst 1,000 yards at your best 
mile gait. 

Tuesday — i. Go a half mile at your Ijest mile gait, then ease 
down and jog another half, sprinting home the last 60 yards. 

Wednesday — i. Do some sprinting, finishing up by a 220 yards 
dash. 2. After a rest, jog a mile and a half at an easy gait, 
paying attention to stride and general form. 

Thursday — i. Run 660 yards at a fast gait. 2. Jog a mile after 
a rest, spurting the last 60 yards. This can be made three- 
quarters of a mile if the runner so desires. 

Friday — i. Limber up by some short dashes. 2. Run a mile, 
keeping up a steady gait for the first three-quarters, and then 
try to gradually increase the speed until the last 100 yards is 



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Distance and Cross Country H tinning. 51 

run at a quarter-miler's gait. In other words, try to change your 
gait the last quarter. 

Saturday — Run a mile on time or get into a race for the dis- 
tance. 

Note — Some di.stancc men prefer to do their sprinting after 
they liave had their regular distance work. Let each runner suit 
himself in this matter. 

THE LONG DISTANCES 

The longest distance that we have on our athletic programmes 
is the ten-mile run. We also have three and five mile races. 
Much of what has been said regarding the mile applies with equal 
force to these distances. Here the staying qualities are more 
prominent than ever and no success can be obtained unless they 
are in the runner's make-up. A basis for success in these dis- 
tances can be very well attained by easy cross-country work. 
Workman, the great English distance runner, who ran so re- 
markably well two years ago against Yale and Harvard, in dis- 
cussing the great superiority of the English distance men as a 
class, put tlie matter in a nutshell when lie said : "The chief rea- 
son why we have so many first-class distance men, as compared 
v,-ith America, is because we are brought up to run distance from 
our early youth. Paper chasing and regular cross-country work 
are practically a part of the early education of the English 
schoolboy, and they are all able to go a distance. There is no 
wonder, therefore, thai when these boys become men, scores of 
them develop into fast distance runners, while every now and 
then a real champion comes 10 the front." 

The encouragement that has been given to distance running 
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Distance and Cross Country Running. 53 

the development of quite a numijer of good niilers and two- 
milers. The schools are taking up the sport, and if it becomes 
general, it will not be long until America has some men worthy 
to rank with the best that England has produced. 

In training for any of the above distances, the runner should 
hardly go the full distance every day. He will find that too 
exacting in our climate. But he should average at least three- 
quarters of the distance. By running out the full distance once 
a week and going over it another day. he will find that in a 
race he will go through the full distance in good form. 

There is one thing that every long distance runner must 
cultivate, and hat is an even or steady gait. The heart, lungs, 
legs, arms, and, in fact, the whole body, should move together as 
one harmonious whole if the best results are to be obtained. If 
the athlete runs irregularly and not at an even pace, he will find 
that he will not attain his best speed. The first half mile of the 
five or ten miles the runner may go at a fast gait and then settle 
into a steady pace. Shrubb of England, the greatest five and ten 
mile runner living to-day, runs very steadily, but he has a fashion 
of varying his gait for about two quarters in the ten miles. He 
does this to limber up his legs and to produce a more powerful 
circulation, but outside of this peculiarity, which other uistance 
men have had and for the same reason, he must be called a very 
even gaited runner. 

The ten mile runner must understride if anything. He cannot 
keep reaching out, as in the mile, for that is too exhausting. He 
must run as naturally as possible, depending on his staying quali- 
ties to make time. Here the muscles must not tie up, as that will 
prove fatal. This has reference both to the arm and leg muscles 
and it is really contained in the above admonition to run 
"naturallv." 







I GEORGE SANDS, N. Y. A. C. ^ ? 

t 440 yards runner. A good example of long striding, though the leg is a j 
J little too far up behind. 



Distance and Cross Country Running. 55 

I shall give no schedule for these distances, as it is unneces- 
sary. The great fault of the American aspirants for long dis- 
tance honors I. have found to be a disinclination to go far enough 
in their training. One must get used to the distance, and if one 
is careful not to e.xhaust oneself it is better to run too far in 
training than not far enough. If the runner does not run far 
enough, on the daj' of the race he is quite likely not to finish. 
On the other hand, if one has run too far, one will be able to 
go through the ndiole distance strongly if not so fast. 

In running five and ten mile races, the runner must develop a 
steady, fast pace. This he will find exhausting for the fir.st 
tliree miles, but if he has the right basis for distance work in 
his composition, the pace will then become to a great extent 
mechanical. One cannot obtain this mechanical pace if it is 
necessary to force oneself the whole way, and there is only one 
way in u'hich it can be gained, and that is by constant practice. 
From the above, one can clearly see that the aspirant for long 
distance work must not take up the game unless he is very 
enthusiastic or enjoys running for itself. The reason for this 
is that there is not one runner in a hundred or even a greater 
percentage who has so much natural speed over a distance that 
he does not need to work hard and do lots of running. On the 
other hand, there is no event on our programme in which we 
find so many .nen who have brought themselves to a high state 
of development merely through consistent and steady practice 
backed only by very moderate natural ability. 



iM^Wi'k^«"^"j«^J<«.*^^^^^^^1tF^^^^^^^ 




i G. HOLLAXDER, K. A. C. J 

* Is the runner to the left of the picture. Hollander ran in Kilpatrick's J 

; time, and though second to him on many occasions, he was a very fine ; 

if half-miler, as he has done Im. 57 l-5s. Note that he is a long-strider } 

! and a powerful runner. J 



Distance and Cross Country Running. 57 

CROSS COUNTRY RUNNING 



Cross-couiUry running is the liasis for all distance success, but 
it does not naturally follow that all fast cross-country men make 
good track men. Such is often not the case, though the fast 
cross-country man invariably makes a fair distance track runner 
merely because he can go the distance at a fair gait. The reason 
why many cross-country men have failed to be successful on 
the track is because the cross-country gait is not quite the 
same as the distance runner's gait, and there are opportunities 
in cross-country running of resting or using one's strength 
which do not occur in a distance race on the track. The ideal 
cross-country gait is a very loose one. The runner must run 
with the easiest gait he can assume. If he runs with his 
muscles as tense as he will naturally do on the track, the in- 
equalities of the ground will be continually throwing him off 
his stride and jarring his lung and heart action. He must run 
so loosely that if his foot hits a stone or a hole, his muscles then 
respond and he runs on without breaking his stride or jarring 
his body. He will often find that by cultivating this looseness 
of stride, he will be enabled to cross stony ground or come 
down rough hills at a good speed without any great danger of 
straining a tendon or ankle. On the other hand, if the runner's 
muscles are tense, he will find himself compelled to slow up on 
bad ground or run great risks of a strained ankle or a broken 
tendon. The cross-country runner must also learn to use his 
arms cleverly, for even when running loosely, it will be found 
that if a man is to make any speed over the ground, he will be 




GEORGE W. ORTON, N. ,Y. A. C. 
World's champion steeplechaser. Between strides. Note that the re:ir 
foot is being brought straight forward. 



Dishiiicc and Cross Coiiu/iy J\ iittiiittg. 5g 

thrown off his stride occasionally. By Jiolding the arms loosely 
but ready, one can often fall right back into one's gait, or so 
to speak., "pick oneself up" without losing a stride. <;^ 

The standard distance for the cross-country is ten miles in 
I Iingland, but we have generally had our championship contests 
from six to seven miles. The intercollegiate championship is 
six and one-quarter miles in length. Here also one should 
average at least three-quarters of the distance in training. Per- 
sonally I prefer in training for cross-country work to run only 
five times a week and then to go practically the full distance, 
varying the pace to suit my needs. The other days I walk the 
distance, but not in training costume, I merely do not ride those 
days and take my walking exercise as I go about my daily duties. 
This is the plan that many English runners pursue, as it is found 
that cross-country work every day is a little too much, espe- 
cially if one is busy studying or is otherwise engaged, as is 
almost invariably the case in America. 

Cross-country nmning is the most pleasurable form. of dis- 
tance work. If possible it is best to get a number to run to- 
gether. For three or fo.ur days in the week the whole pack can 
go together, led by a man who has sense enough not to get 
them racing. Then, about a mile or a mile and a half from 
home, on the return, the men can be lined up and allowed to 
race the remainder of the distance. If one wishes to try out the 
men, it is best to do so by handicaps or by dividing the men into 
two or more packs, according to their speed. A very great deal 
of the pleasure in this work will depend upon the leader, and it 
is an essential that this position should be given to a man who 
will watch his pack and run at such a speed that, although 
there is no loafing, the run will not be a race. This is the best 
plan, even when training for a cross-country race, for by oc- 



'^'^'<-'^'^>^*nrT^'^nr)i)r^-t^^r»P\P'»t\r*i>^f',)tt^Vr*M',>rt^A^X^ 




T. E. KURKE, N. Y. A. C. 
Quarter-miler. Burke is the typical middle distance 
hmb and speed being his main characteristics. 
t^Kitjc tf >^^^« ^p^^^fTtj, ,,»,i,,^„ Hrf«.ir^rf» 



man, length of 



Distance and Cross Couii/iy Riiiining. 6l 

casional handicaps and by dividing the men into slow and fast 
packs one can get in all the fast work that is necessary to ensure 
good form on the day of the race. Here, again, the American 
must be warned that it is better to rim too far than not far 
enough. 

The cross-country runner should also learn how to vault, while 
a knowledge of the rudiments of hurdling will often stand him 
in good stead. If America's so-called cross-country champion- 
ships were to be held in the future on the Morris Park race 
track. New York City, I would emphasize this part of cross- 
country work much more strongly. But in reality, the races that 
are held at Morris Park are not cross-country races. They are 
merely long distance steeplechases, and many of the features 
that should characterize a real cross-country race are absent on 
such a course. 

All the remarks relative to steady pace apply in cross-country 
running, except that it very frequently happens, because of the 
inequalities of the ground, -that the pace will have to be slowed 
down or hastened. But, as far as possible, the gait should be 
steady and mechanical. This is in harmony with the physiological 
principles of distance running, as every organ of the body should 
be in rythm, and this cannot be if the gait is not regular. 

The climbing or descending of hills is often an important part 
of distance running. In general, it may be said that the body 
should be held in such a position that its centre of gravity is 
immediately over the leg as the foot strikes the ground. To be 
more explicit, in going up hill, the body should be bent forward, 
so that the weight will throw the runner ahead. Then, by 
shortening the stride a little, it will be found that one can 
retain one's gait, even up a rather steep hill. In coming down, 
one should hold the body back a little from the ordinary position. 



o<s^s><^n 




POARDMAN, Yale. RUST, Harvard. t 

Finish of the International quarter-mile in 1901, Note the way both 
Rust and Boardman are trying. 



Distance and Cross Country Running. 63 

Then, by making full use of the arms, and by shortening the 
stride, one can go down a hill at quite a fast gait. I have said 
that in going down hill one sliould shorten the stride. Perhaps 
I ought to .say that the full stride should not be taken, for the 
very fact that one is going down hill will make the stride several 
inches longer. I may be clearer to some readers if I say that 
in going down hill one should keep the feet well under one. 

If the runner has a strong heart and lungs, when racing cross- 
country he should make the most of the hills. He should go 
up them at a steady pace and make time by speeding down 
them. 

MARATHON TRAINING 

Training for a Marathon or twenty-five mile race is the same 
as for cross-country running, except that the distance covered 
must be greater. It is rare, however, that a Marathon runner 
covers more than fifteen miles in his training, as he depends on 
his general condition to carry him through the full distance. 
Indeed, the keynote for success in this event is in the perfection 
of the runner's general condition. His heart, lungs and especially 
his stomach must be in the best of shape for such a long race, 
and if these are in good condition, he is sure to do well if he 
has gotten accustomed to covering at least half the distance. 



Arf»,«T«» »F«rar»j'r^M^*^r» «^*^J^^« ■^«^'^^*^ > 




GEORGE ORTON, N. Y. A. C. 

Note the position of the body. 



" «*U»»F^^*^^»^»*« 11 



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«»ii)mji««*«irt«« ' 



Distance and Cross Country Running. 65 

STEEPLECHASING | 



r 



Stecplechasing is cross-country racing under more favorable 
conditions. This event is generally held in the inner enclosure 
of the athletic field. Instead of fences, hurdles are set up, vifhile 
the brook is represented by a water jump. Frequently there is 
also a stone fence varying in height and width. The regular 
distance for this event is two miles. There are no rules either 
for the height or number of the hurdles, the width or number of 
water jumps, etc. One must be a good jumper to make a good 
steeplechaser, and the better hurdler one is, the better for him. 
Stecplechasing is a very hard game, because the jumps, together 
with the fairly fast pace, make it exhausting. If one is a good 
distance runner and desires to become a steeplechaser, it is 
necessary to practice jumping and hurdling. The style of 
hurdling used in stecplechasing should not be the same as that 
used in the high and low hurdle events. In both of these races, 
the hurdler endeavors, according to the latest style, to get over 
the hurdle as swiftly as possible. But in stecplechasing, one is 
not sprinting and the old gliding hurdle style is the better. In 
fact, the steeplechaser should try to get over the hurdle with as 
little arm action and as easy a leg motion as possible. He should 
endeavor to clear the hurdle without breaking his stride. As 
the hurdles are placed at no definite distance apart, he will have 
to learn to gauge his stride so that he will reach the hurdle 
without breaking his gait. This is a matter of practice. 

Many steeplechase courses have a stone fence. These are 
generally about 3 feet 4 inches high and about 2 or 3 feet broad. 



66 Distance and Cross Country Running, 

This should be hurdled, because it looks much more dangerous 
than it is. 

The water jumps vary so in width and depth that it is impos- 
sible to give any method of clearing them. The runner should 
jump them if it is not too great an effort, and no water jump 
should be so long that a good jumper cannot clear it. If one 
cannot jump the water, it may be that by stepping on the hurdle 
in front of it one may be able to land on the other side safely. 
If it is too wide even for this procedure, then it is simply a 
case of taking a ducking. But if the water jump is made cor- 
rectly, so that it will gradually get shallower near the further 
side, one should then clear the hurdle at a smart pace, land on one 
foot in the water and with the next step be out of it. The English 
runners have this way of taking the water jump down to perfec- 
tion, and for many of them it is much better than jumping, for 
they expend very little effort in thus taking the jump with one 
stride. 

In training for steeplechasing one should not do too much 
jumping over the fences. Three times a week will be plenty; 
the other days the athlete should train as if for a two-mile 
flat race. 



LofC. 



Distance and Cross Countrv Ru. 



WHAT TO WEAR AND USE 




It is very important 

that the beginner in 

athletics should know 

what to wear for the dif- 
ferent sports. The cross 

country runner requires 

a shoe with a low, broad 

heel, and spikes in sole 

of shoe; he can have 

spikes in the heel or not, 

just as it suits him. A 

pair of Spalding's No. 

14-C shoes, which are 

made of the finest Kang- 
aroo leather, and used by '^'"'^^^ Comury shoes 
all the prominent cross country runners, cost $5.00 per pair. A 
sprinter will require a pair of sprinting shoes, No. 2-0, that retail 
for $5.00. It was with this style shoe that Wefers made all his 
records. John Cregan, the Tnter-collegiate Champion, wore 

them, as well as Charles 
Ivilpatrick, the peerless 
half-mile runner and 
celebrated record hold- 
er, and Arthur J. Duffey, 
who has gone the 100 
yards in 93-5 seconds. 
The sweater. No. A, of 
finest Australian lamb's 
wool, was made original- 
ly by special order for 
ihe Yale foot ball team 




68 



Distance and Cross Country Running. 



and now used by all college athletes, is one of the best in the 
market, sells for $6.00; athletic shirt. No. 600, at $1.25; athletic 
pants, No. 3, at 75 cents ; a supporter is very essential for an ath- 
lete and nearly all the champions use them; No. 5 is the most 
suitable one and retails at 75 cents ; a pair of corks will cost the 
athlete 15 cents; pushers for the running shoes, 25 cents; the 
bath robe is now an essential part of an athlete's outfit — these re- 
tail at $5.00. This complete outfit costs $19.15. 

The second quality of the same line of goods can be bought 
as follows : Sprinting shoes, No. 10, $4.00 ; sweater, No. B, 
$5.00 ; shirt, No. 6 E, 50 cents ; pants. No. 4, 50 cents ; supporter, 
No. 2, 50 cents; corks, No. i, 15 cents; pushers. No. 5, 25 cents; 

bath robe, $3.50. This 

second grade outfit costs 

$14.40. 

The pole-vaulter will 

want the same outfit, 

with the exception of a 

pair of jumping shoes. 

No. 14-H, which sell for 

$5.00, and a pair of wrist 

supporters, No. 200, 

which can be bought for 

about 35 cents. There is 

one article that a pole- 
vaulter must have, and 

that is his own pole. jumping and Hurdling Shoes 

There is an awful lot in getting used to a pole and having confi- 
dence in the one that is yours, because no other contestant is 
allowed to use it according to the rules, which is quite right, for 
we have often seen a pole-vaulter make the fatal mistake of allow- 
ing much heavier men to use his pole and break it. Any one 
can naturally understand that a man who weighs 160 pounds 
cannot use a pole designed for a man weighing 115 pounds. The 
best pole on the market for athletic purposes is the is-foot 
6-inch pole as supplied by A. G. Spalding & Bros, to the Prince- 




Distance and Cross Countiy Rnnning. 



69 



ton University A. A. This pole is made of hollow spruce, thus 
being much lighter, and owing to a special preparation with 

which it is filled, the 
strength and stiffness is 
greatly increased. It re- 
tails for $10.50; a iJ-foot 
pole, hollow, retails for 
$9.50. and the solid for 
$6.00. Usually the vault- 
er will wrap the pole 
to suit his own tastes. 

The high jumper and 
the broad juniper will 
want an outfit as fol- 
lows : Jumping shoes. 
No. 14-H, $5.00; sweater. 
No. A, $6.00; shin,' No. 
,600, $t.25; pants, No. 3, 
75 cents; supporter, No. 5. 
75 cents ; corks. No. i. 




Intercollegiate Sweater 



15 cents; pushers, No. 5, 25 cents; bath robe, $5.00. 

An outfit with several of the articles of a cheaper grade than 
the above, costs: Jumping shoes. No. 14-H, $5.00; sweater. No. 
B, $5.00; shirt. No. 6-E, 50 cents; pants, No. 4. 50 cents; sup- 
porter. No. 2. 50 cents; corks, No. i, 15 cents; pushers. No. 5, 
25 cents: bath robe, $3.50. 

The man who throws the weights will require the same wear- 
ing apparel as the pole-vau!ter or the runner. John Flanagan 
and James Mitchel, two of the greatest weight throwers in the 
world, wear what is known as the No. 14-H shoe, with a short 
spike, which retails for $5.00. It is very essential that the weight 
thrower should have his own implements ; in -fact, nearly all the 
champion weight throwers carry their own weights with them 
and guard them jealously. 

Without doubt the best hammer in the market to-day is the ball- 
bearing championship hammer as designed and used by John 



70 



Distance and Cross Coiiiitry Runinn< 




Flanagan, the record holder and champion thrower of the world. 
This sells for $10.00. An extra leather case for carrying these 
hammers will cost the athlete $2.00. The regulation hammer, 
lead, you can get for $4.50 and the iron 
at $3.25. The 16-pound shot, lead, will 
cost $2.50, and the iron, $1.25. The 56- 
pound weight, lead, will cost $8.50, and 
the iron $7.00. With the Spalding 56- 
pound weight come two sets of han- 
dles, one for one hand and one for 
two hands ; and I would advise any 
weight thrower who wants to become 
expert to carry his own weights and 
particularly his own hammer. He can 
then arrange to have the grip made to 
suit himself, and when necessary to 
cover it with leather, and he will not be Sleeveless Sl„its 

called upon when he goes to a competition to take the ordinary 
hammer with a handle with which he is not familiar. 

Athletes should make it a point to have two suits of athletic 
apparel, one for competition and one for practice purposes. The 
clothing that some of our crack athletes wear in competition is 
a disgrace to athletics, and it adds a 
great deal to an athlete's appearance 
to appear neat and clean when taking 
part in athletic competition. In prac- 
tice within one's club or grounds al- 
most any kind of clothing can be 
used. A sprinter should have two 
pairs of running shoes, one a very . 
heavy pair for practicing in (the 
cross country shoe. No. 14-C, makes 
a very good shoe for this purpose, 
and can be had with or without 
spikes on heels), and a light pair for 
Running I'antb racing. One of the best professional 




Distance and Cross Coiiiitrv Ruituin;.:;. 71 

sprinters that ever wore a shoe made it a point to train for all 
his races in very heavy sprinting shoes. Aside from the benefit 
that is claimed for practicing in heavy shoes, you always feel 
as though you have a pair of shoes that will be ready for any 
race that is scheduled, and bear in mind it does not pay to 
buy athletic implements or clothing that are cheap. They don't 
wear and cannot give you the service that you will get from 
articles that are official and made by a reputable house. 

Athletes and athletic club officials would do well to procure a 
copy of the Athletic Primer (No. 87) of Spalding's Athletic Li- 
brary). This! book fully covers the construction of athletic grounds 
and tracks, the management of games, formation of new clubs, etc. 
It also contains illustrations and diagrams of what might be 
considered a perfect athletic track. 

In laying out or re-arranging grounds great care should be 
taken to see that the field sports can go on without interference, 
and in the management of a large meeting it is very essential 
that more than one ^_ 
field sport should go f 
on at one time. There- 
fore it should be ar- 
ranged to have the 
running broad jump, 

running high jump, Take-off Board 

and the circles for weight-throwing separated. In order to have 
your plant as perfect as possible, it is necessary that you have all 
the apparatus that is necessary, not only to conduct an athletic 
meet, but to give the different athletes an opportunity to practice 
the various sports. There are many things that 

. .^^ ^'^sfc^ ^""^ required. Great care 

^^^^^^^^-^- ^^^C^ should be taken in the arrange- 

^ Tfffiliil^^ ment of the broad jump. The 

^^^^^^^C *^ ijllil^^ t-oe board is a very important 

i I article and is generally over- 

V I looked, and the runway re- 

Toe Board or Stop Board - quires as much attention as 



ri 



id Cross Country Running. 



the track. At the average ath 
usually neglected. 



;tic grounds the jumping path is 




For the pole 



wooden 




In the sprint races, wherever pos- 
sible, each contestant should be given 
his own lane. A lane can be made 
of iron stakes driven in the ground 
about eighteen inches apart and 
^ strung with cords, 

rs and high jumpers you should procure 
apparatus — Spalding's complete apparatus 



VAULTING STANDARD. 
AND 
POLES. 




No. 109. If the pole jump and high jump go on at the same time, 
an extra lot of cross-bars should be on hand and three or four 
different poles. 



Distance 



'd Cross Cctintry Rininiiig. 



For the weights you will be required to furnish a i6-lb. Spald- 
ing Championship Ball Bearing Hammer, as originally designed 




by Champion John Flanagan, 
all the good weight throwers, 
is in great demand and favored, 
•if handles, and Flanagan cl 
feet further 



It is now universally used by 

The ball-bearing swivel hammer 

It does away with the breaking 

aims it can be thrown many 

Ofeet further than the old style hammer. 
Schoolboys invariably use the 12-pound shot 
and the 12-pound hammer. If they desire 
lead shot, it usually costs a little more than 
the iron. The 16-pound iron shot can be 
bought for about $1.25, and the 12-pound 
Shot for $1.00. 

The regulation 56-pound weight, known as the "Mitchel" 
weight, can be secured for $7.00, and with it come two handles, 
one for the man who throws with one hand and the other for 
two handed thrower. 




Regulation 56-Lb. Weight 



74 



Distance and Cross Country Running. 




The most suitable hurdles on the mar- 
ket are the Foster Patent Safety Hur- 
dles. The frame is 2 feet 6 inches in 
height with a horizontal rod passing 
through it two feet above the ground. 
The hurdle is a wooden gate 2 feet high 
swinging on this rod at a point 6 inches 
from one of the sides and i8 inches from 

the other. With the short side up it Foster Patent Safety Hurdle 
- , . , ^ ^, J at 2 ft. 6 in. height 

measures 2 feet 6 mches from the ground, 

and with the long side up 3 feet 6 inches. 

The hurdle can be changed from one 
height to the other in a few seconds, and 
is held firm.ly in either position by a 
thumb-screw on the rod. It would be 
hard to conceive any device more simple 
or more easily handled than this. The 
invention was used exclusively at the Pan- 
American Sports and has met with the 




Foster Patent Safety Hurdl 
at 3 ft. 6 in, height 

approval of the best known physical directors and trainers of the 



country. 





The Spalding Official 
Discus should always be 
on the grounds. This re- 
tails for $5.00. 

A megaphone is now' Official Discus 

a necessary adjunct to an athletic meeting. With 
a megaphone almost any amateur can announce 
the results distinctly. 
The captain of the club should 
endeavor to have in his posses- 
sion a pistol so that the boys can 
practice starting, and a whistle 
for announcing that everything 
ol is ready for a start and also for 

attracting the attention of the officials, several 
tapes and several balls of yarn for the finish. 



Measuring Tape 



Distance and Cross Country Running. 75 

The athlete is also advised to consult the following books which 
contain a great deal of useful and necessary information on their 
respective subjects. No. 27— College Athletics, by Michael C. 
Murphy, the Yale trainer. No. 37— AU-Around Athletics. No. 
87— Athletic Primer, devoted especially to the subject of athletic 
grounds and the formation and running of athletic clubs. No. 
135— Ofificial Amateur Athletic Handbook, which contains the 
rules under which every set of athletic games must be contested, 
and should be studied by every athlete who intends to compete. 
No. 136— Official Handbook of the Athletic League of Y. M. C. 
A.'s. No. 149— The Care of the Body, by Prof. Warman, the 
famous exponent of physical culture. No. 153— Athletes' Guide, 
containing full directions for learning how to sprint, jump, hurdle 

Runnine Corks 




and throw weights, with general hints on training for each, and a 
special chapter of advice to beginners and a talk on important A. 
A. U. rules and their explanations, by James E. Sullivan, secretary- 
treasurer of the Amateur Athletic Union ; illustrated from actual 
photographs of the leading athletes in action. No. 168 — Official 
Athletic Almanac, published yearly, and the only publication con- 
taining all the official athletic records, besides portraits of 
leading athletes and pictures of important athletic events. No. 
176 — Official Inter-Collegiate Handbook, contains the official rules 
of the Inter-Collegiate A. A. A., and should be studied by every 
athlete who intends to compete in college events. The price 
of any of the above is ten cents, and they can be obtained gen- 
erally from any newsdealer or from the publishers, American 
Sports Publishing Company, 16-18 Park Place, New York. 



Spalding's ^"i Running 
^ Shoes — ^— = 





We believe, 
perie 



arious difficulties ex- 
ng a satisfactory running shoe 



in the past have been overcome. First of all, you ha 
here a shoe in which the spikes cannot by any possibil- 
ity come in contact with the foot; then you have a rub- 
ber sole that is an assistance, in that it is partly under- 
neath the spike, and therefore acts in the nature of a 
cushion Above all, our patented principle in this shoe enables us to 
place the spikes so that they will not come loose after being wet, as water 
has no effect on the rubber sole. We also claim that on accoiint of the 
non-slippable purchase a runner obtains with this sole,_ he is able to 
make a quicker start than is possible with a shoe of ordinary construc- 
tion, and this fact has been demonstrated conclusively by those who 
have already tried our shoe and who pronounce it perfect in all respects. 

No. O. Per Pair, $5.00 



Spalding's handsomely illustrated catalogue of athletic goods 
mailed free to any address 



A. G. SPALDING & BROS. 



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Spalding's ^^f Jumping 
=^— Shoes — ^ 




Made on same principle as our patented running shoe but 
with two spikes in heel. This heel is made of rubber and 
acts as a perfect cushion, stopping all jar, thus doing away 
with disadvantage possessed by ordinary jumping shoes. 

No. 15H. Per pair, $5.00 



Same as No. 15H, but short spikes, for indoor jumping. 

No. 110. Per pair, $5.00 



A. G. SPALDING & BROS. 

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Denver Minneapolis Kansas City Montreal, Can. 

London, England 



Indoor Running Shoes 







. With or Without Spikes . 

Fine leather, rubber tipped sole, witli spikes. 

No. III. Per pair, S3.50 

Leather shoe, rubber tipped, with spikes. 

No. 112. Per pair, $3.00 

Leather shoe, rubber tipped, no spikes. 

No. I 14. Per pair, $2.50 



Indoor Jumping 5hoes 

Best Leather Indoor Jumping Shoe; hand made, rubber soles. 

No. 210. Per pair, $5.00 



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Running 
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Calfskin Running Shoe, 
machine made; solid 
leather tap sole holds 
spikes firmly in place. 

No. IIT 
Per pair, $3.50 




Running 
Shoes 



Calfskin Running Shoe 
maehine made. 



No. 11 /<: 7 r^ 

Per pair, $3.00 i3^:>' 




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Spalding's Jumping 
and Hurdling Shoes 




Jumping and Hurdling Shoe; fine kanga- 
roo leather, hand-made ; two spikes on 



No. 14H. 



heel. 

Per pair 



$5.00 



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Spalding's 
Cross Country Shoes 




Finest kangaroo leather ; low broad heel, 

flexible shank, hand-sewed ; six spikes on 

sole ; with or without spikes on heel. 

No. I4C. Per pair, $5.00 



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Runnin g 
Shoes 



This running slioe is made of 

tlie finest kangaroo 

leather ; extremely light and 

glove fitting; best English steel 

spikes firmly riveted on. 

No. 2=0 
Per pair, $5.00 



Runni ng 
Shoes 



Finest Calfskin .Running Shoe; 

ght weight, hand made, six 

spikes. 

No. 10 
Per pair, $4.00 



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SLEEVELESS 
SHIRTS 

Cut Worsted, full 
foshioned, Navy, 
Black and Maroon. 



No. 630. 



Each, $1.25 



Sanitary Cotton, 

White, Navy, Black, 

Maroon. 



No. 6E. 



Each, 50c. 



QUARTER 
SLEEVESHIRTS 

Cut Worsted, full 
fashioned, Navy, 
Black and Maroon. 

No. 601. Each, $1.25 

Sanitary Cotton, 

White, 'Navy, Black 

and Maroon. 

No. 6F, Each, 50c. 



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RUNNING PANTS 




No. 1. White or 


Black Sateen, fly front, 




lace back- . 


Per pair, $1.25 




No. 2. White or 


lilack Sateen, fly front, 


Stripes down sides 


lace back . 


Per pair, $1.00 


of any of these run- 


No. 3. White or 


lilack Sateen, fly front. 


ning pants, 25 cents 


lace back 


. Per pair, 75c. 


per pair extra. 


No. 4. White or 


HIack Silesia, fly front. 




lace back 


. Per pair, 50c. 




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CHAnOIS PUSHER5 




Made of fine chamois skin and used witli running, walking, 
jumping and other athletic shoes. 

No. 5. Chamois Pushers. Per pair, 25c. 



ATHLETIC GRIPS 






Made of selected cork and shaped to tit tlie h.dlou- of the hand. 

No. I. Athletic Grips. Per pair, 1 5c. 

COnPETITORS' NUHBERS 

Printed an lieavy Manila Paper or Strong Linen. ^^^^^^^ 

Manila ^^H^^^^ 

No. 1. 1 to 50 Per set, $..50 $ -i.bO ^M ■» 

No. 2. 1 to 75 .75 3 75 IHF 

No. 3. 1 to 100 1.00 5.00 __ ^^^ 

No. 4. 1 to 150 1.50 7.50 ^^_^B 

No. 5. 1 to 300 3.00 10.00 ^B^V 

No. 6. 1 to 250 " 2.50 12.50 ^^^^^ 

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Spalding's 

Championship 



Ball = Bearing 

Swivel 



Hammer 



No. 02. le-lb. 
No. 06. 16-lb. 

Flanagan's 
Record of 
171ft. 9 in., 
Long 

Island City, 
September 
3, 1901, was 
made with 
this 
hammer 



ith Sole Leather Case $12.00 
ith Soie Leather Case. 12 00 




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The Spalding 
Championship 
P.all Bearing 
Hammer, origi- 
nally designed 
by John Flana- 
gan, champion 
of the world, 
has been highly 
endorsed only 
after repeated 
trials in cham- 
pionship events. 
The benefits of 
the ball-bearing construction will be quickly appre- 
ciated 1)y all hammer throwers. Each hammer put 
up complete in sole leather, carrying case. 

No. 02X. 12-lb., without Sole Leather Case. $10 00 
No. 06X. 16-lb., without Sole Leather Case. 10 00 



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Spalding's Olympic Discus 




exact reproduction of the discus .used in tlie Olympic games at 
Athens, Greece, by Robert Garrett, of Princeton, the winner. 
Guaranteed absolutely correct. 

OLYMPIC DISCUS. EACH, $5.00 



Selected Spruce Vaulting Poles 

No. 100 8 feet long, solid. Each, $3.00 

Xo. 101. 10 feet lung, solid. " 4.00 

No. Wi. rZ feet long, soli.l. " 5.00 

No. 10:3. 14 feet long, solid. " 00 

Hollow Spruce Poles 

Considerably lighter than the solid poles, and 
the special preparation with which we fill the 
interior of pole greatly increases the strength 

and stiffness. 
No. 200. 8 feet long, hollow. Each, $8.00 
No. 201. 10 feet long, hollow. " 8..50 

No. 202. 12 feet long, hollow. " 9.00 

No. 203. 14 feet long, hollow. " 0.50 



Lanes for Sprint Races 

A lane can be made of iron stakes dr 




|_«,r in the ground about eighteen inches apart 
][~| and strung with cords. Stakes of ^'s-inch 
:; I round steel, two feet in height, with one end 
U 1: pointed, and pigtail hook 01. other end to 
li hold cord. 



100 stakes, with cord for sa 



$40.00 



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SEVEN=FOOT CIRCLE 





The discus, shot and weights are thrown from the 7-foot circle. Made 
of one-piece band iron, with bolted joints. Circle painted white. 

SEVEN-FOOT CIRCLE. EACH, $8.00 



TAKE-OFF BOARD 




The take-off board is used for the running broad jump, and is a neces- 
sary adjunct to the athletic field. Regulation size, top painted white. 

TAKE-OFF BOARD. EACH, $1.75 



TOP=BOARD OR STOP=BOARD 




The toe-board or stop-board is used when putting the 16-lb. shot, 

throwing weights and discus, and is curved on the arc of a 7-foot 

circle. Regulation size, painted white and substantially made. 

TOE-BOARD. EACH, $2.00 



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Vaulting Standards 




No. 109. Wooden uprights, graduated in quarter <{« 1 ^ OO 

inches; adjustable to 11 feet. . . Complete, »P I*^.V^V/ 

No. 110. Wooden uprights, inch graduations; i f\ fifi 

adjustable to 10 feet.". ' . Complete, 1V».\^V7 

No. 111. Wooden uprights, inch graduations; "T (\(\ 

r feet high Complete, / .VV/ 



CROSS BARS 



No. 1 12. Hickory Cross Ba 
No. 113. Pine Cross liar. 



Per doz., $3.00 
2.00 



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Foster's 
Patent Safety Hurdle 




The frame is 2 feet 6 inches high, with a horizontal 
rod passing through it 2 feet above the ground. The 
hurdle is a wooden gate 2 feet high, swinging on 
this rod at a point 6 inches from one of the sides and 
i8 inches from the other. With the short side up it 
measures 2 feet 6 inches from the ground, and with 
the long side up 3 feet 6 inches. The hurdle can be 
changed from one height to the other in a few 
seconds, and is held firmly in either position by a 
tinimb-screw on the rod. It would be-hard to con- 
ceive any device more simple or more easily handled 
than this. The invention was used exclusively at 
the Pan-American sports and has met with the 
approval of the best known physical directors and 
trainers of the country. 



Single Hurdle, 
Per Set of Forty, 



$ 3.50 
1 00.00 



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Arthur 
F. Duffey 

The Fastest 
Indoor Sprinter 
in the World, 



\ises and endorses 

Spalding's Indoor 
and Outdoor 
Running Shoes 

For over a quarter of a 
century A. G. Spalding & 
Bros, have made the run- 
ning shoes for America's 
leading sprinters, base ball 
and foot ball players. To 
the base ball player nothing 
is so important as a pair of 
shoes that are light, good 
fitting and serviceable, for 
he has to be well shod if he 
desires to excel on the ball 
field. That is why nearh' 
all the ball players use the 
Spalding Shoes. 




No. 0. Spalding's Patented Running Shoe, Pair, $5 00 

Other Running Shoes at $4.00, $3.50, $3.00 



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BOXH 

Spalding's Athletic Library 1C2. 
Any boy, with the aid of this book, 
can become an expert boxer. Every 
trick thoroughly explained and illus- 
trated by half-tone pictures made 
especially for this book. Contents 
also include the official rules for all 
boxing contests, hints on training, a 
short history of the sport and pic- 
tures of all the leading boxers ; 100 
pages of pictures and 100 of text. 

lO CENTS PER COPY 

FREE-.S>«/,//«4-'6- illHstrateJ cuta- 
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Exercise 
"'."liY^ForBusy 
IV Men.cJSts 

Spalding's Athletic Library IGl. 

These exercises are the result of 
years of experience, in which their 
success has been thoroughly demon- 
strated. The course is divided into 
five parts. Each individual move- 
ment is illustrated by a full page 
half-tone of a photograph especially 
posed for this work, with the instruc- 
tions on the opposite page in large 
type, comprising nearly 200 pages. 

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Shoulder Cap 




Bandage 



I;i ordering, give circumference around arm and 

chest. 

No. C . Cotton thread. Each, $4.00 

No. I A. Silk thread. " 5.50 

Knee Cap Bandage 

In ordering, give circum- 
ference below knee, at knee 
and just above knee, and 
state if light or strong pres- 
sure is desired. 

No. 4. Cotton thread, $ 1 .50 
No. 4A. Silk thread, 2.00 
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Elbow Bandage 

In ordering, give circumference 
ove and below elbow, and stale 

whether for light or strong 

pressure. 

No. 2. Cotton thread, $1.50 

No. 2A. Silk thread, 2.00 



Ankle Bandage 

In ordering, give circumference around 
and over instep, and state if light oi 
strong pressure is desired. 

No. 5. Cotton thread, $1.50 
No. 5A, Silk thread, $2.00 




Wrist Bandage 




No. 6. 
No. 6A 



Give circumference 
around smallest part of 
wrist, and state 

whether for light or 

strong pressure. 
Cotton thread. Each, $ .75 
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SH. 



THE HACKEY 
PATENT ANKLE SUPPORTER 

Patented, May 12, 1897. 
A. G. Spalding & Bros., Sole Licensees. 

An ankle support of some kind 
has now come to be recognized as 
a necessity by most athletes. The 
styles which we manufacture under 
the Hackey Patent have given uni- 
versal satisfaction, and are abso- 
lutely reliable and 
practically perfect in construc- 
tion and design. They are 
worn over stocking and sup- 
port the ankle admirably, while 
not interfering in 
any way with free 
Relieve pain immediately and cure 
a sprain in a remarkably short 
time. In ordering, give size of 
shoe worn. 
No. CM. 

No. H, Made of soft tanned leather, 

best quality. . Per pair, $I.OO 

No. SH. Good quality sheepskin, 

lined and bound. . Per pair, ,75 

No. CH. Black duck, lined and bound, 

leather reinforced. . Per pair, .25 

A. G. SPALDING & BROS. 





No. H. 

movements. 



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A COURSE IN 



Scientific Physical 
Training Edw^ 



^f - I' 



Professor 
ward B.Warman 

Author of '"Practical Orthoepy 
and Critique," "Gestures and 
Attitudes;" "Delsarte Philoso- 
phy," "The Voice — How to 
Train It, How to Care for It," 
"How to Read, Recite and Im- 
personate." 



A Complete Course of Phy- 
sical Training for Home 
Use— In'Three Series 

No. 149— Spalding's Athletic 
Library. The Care of the 
Body. Price 10 cents. 

No. 142— Spalding's Athletic 
Library. Physical Training; 
complete, thorough, practical; 
no apparatus. Fully adapted 
for both sexes. Price 10 cents. 

No. 166 — Spalding's Athletic 
Library. Indian Club Exer- 
cises. Price 10 cents. 



These three books form 
a complete course in 
physical development for 
any man or woman, and 
should be read by all 
who desire a perfect body 



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The Spalding '* Official " Basket Ball 



Officially adopted 
and must be used 
in all match 
games. The cover 
is made in eight 
sections, with 
capless ends and 
of the finest and 
most carefully se- 
lected pebble 
grain leather. The 
bladder is made 
specially for this 
ball of extra quality 
Para rubber. Each 
ball packed, com- 
plete, in sealed box, 
and guaranteed 
perfect in every 
detail. 

No. M. $5.00 




Extracts from Official Rule Book 

RULE II.— BALL 

Sec. 3. The ball made bv A. 0. 

Spalding & Bros, shall be the 

official ball. .^ 

Official balls ^< ^riCf,4 > 
will be stamp- X *i5— — — ^^S- 
ed as here-f C^^M^ 
with, and will Vj^«-iH^?<CV> 
be in sealed 
boxes. 

Sec. 4. The official ball must be 
used in all match games. 

RULE III.— GOALS 
Sec. .3 The goal made by A. Q. 
Spalding & Bros, shall be the 
olliciai sioal. 



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Spalding's '' Official" Basket Ball 6oal$ 




Officially adopted and must be used in all 
match games. We are equipping our basket 
ball goals now with nets constructed so 
that the bottom may be left open in practice 
games to permit the ball to drop through. 
The opening is closed readily by a draw 
string for match games. 

No. 80. Per pair, $4,00 



Outdoor Goals 

Outdoor Basket Ball Goals, Uprights 

and Net Frame. Designed for lawns, 

schoolyards, outdoor gymnasiums and 

playgrounds. Everything complete for 

setting up. 

No. 160. Per pair, complete, $30.00 
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THE SPALDING 

OFFICIAL 

INTER-COLLEGIATE 
FOOT BALL 



$4.00 



We have spared no expense in making this ball perfect in every 
detail, and offer it as the finest foot ball ever produced. Each 
ball is thoroughly tested, packed in a separate box and sealed, 
so that our customers are guaranteed a perfect ball inside when 
same is received with seal unbroken. A polished brass foot ball 
inflater and lacing needle will be packed with each Inter-Col- 
legiate foot ball without extra charge. The only ball used in all 
match games between the leading colleges. 

Used exclusively by all the leading universities, colleges and 
athletic associations in the United States and Canada. 



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" Ten Minutes' Exercise 
for Busy Men" 

By Dr. Luther Gulick, is one of tiie 
most complete and perfect books that 
has ever be^n published on the sub- 
ject of self-development. This book 
is edited and arranged by Dr. Gulick, 
with the distinct understanding that 
it will take the place of the many 
so-called "mail order schools" of 
physical education and will be itself 
a complete school of physical educa- 
^ tion if followed by anyone who de- 
sires to become a physically perfect 
man or woman. The course is ar- 
ranged in five series : Indian Clubs, 
Dumb Bells, Chest Weights, Free 
Work and Wands, and so arranged 
that, if carefully followed, in the 
course of a few months one will be- 
come perfect physically. 

The book has been submitted to 
leading American physical educa- 
tional authorities, who pronounce it 
one of the best books on the subject 
ever offered to the public. In pur- 
chasing this book you are not taking 
a chance with $5, $10 or $20, but 
you are positively obtaining a publi- 
cation that will show you how to 
materially benefit your health. Illus- 
trated with go pages of half-tones of 
photographs posed especially by an 
expert for this book. 




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Gentlemen — I wish to thank 
you for the perfect shoes and 
boxing gloves that you furnished 
me for my fight with Mr. Fitz- 
simmons, and also to give you 
my endorsement for the suoerb 
quality of these goods. I shall 
expect to use them in all my 
future contests. 

Yours very truly, 



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Rose Villa,' Hensonhurst, N. Y., Feb. 15, 1902. 
A. G. Spalding & Bros. 

Gentlemen— You no doubt have seen by the Associated Pre s dispatches 
that I am matched with James J. Jeffries to contest for the championship of 
the world during the month of May, next. I am going to make an earnest 
effort to win back the championship, and want to be in fine fettle when I 
enter the ring. I have always used your gloves in every important battle, 
and as I can find nothing that can compare with the Spalding gloves and 
striking bags you make, I want you to forward at once a set of (5) ounce 
" Specials," and a set of the ten-ounce training gloves. 

I am going to have Gus Ruhlin assist me in training, and when I get well 
under way, will forward an additional order, so that I may not lie handicapped 
for want of apparatus. 

Kindly forward bill, and I will send a New York draft to balance account. 
With regards, 

Yours very truly, 



^^^^ ^^^,m^^ 



A. G. SPALDING & BROS. 



NEW YORK 

BUFFALO 



CHICAGO 



DENVER 
BALTIMORE 




Messrs. A. G. Spalding & Bros. 

Gentlemen: Received the express package containing set a 
five-ounce Contest Gloves and ihe hand-sewed striking bag. T 
make a long story short, will say that they are simply perfect 
The gloves are made of the nicest material I have ever used i 
my long career, and I am satisfied that the oil-tanned leather w i! 
be a great improvement, and that the inter-lining will add great! 
to the durability and strength of the gloves 

I will most certainly use them in all my contests, for it i 
almost an impossibility to hurt one's hands A\hen encased in : 
glove made on these lines. 

The bag is a marvel for speed and answers all the requirement^ 
being light, perfectly shaped and durable. 

I heartily recommend both articles as the best of the kind 
have ever used. 




Cx7!!^wsz-i*-<><i 



Middle-weight Champion of the Worl 



A. G. SPALDING & BROS. 

NEW YORK CHICAGO DENVER 

BUFFALO 



BALTIMORE 




Messrs. A. G. Spalding & Bros. 

Gentlemen — After a careful trial, taking everything into consideration, I 
have no hesitancy in saying that the five-ounce Contest Gloves, made by 
you, are the best I have ever seen or used. I showed them to Mike Donovan 
of the New York Athletic Club, and Bob Armstrong, and they, too, pro- 
nounce them great. The idea of their being leather lined, and the new 
thumb, are a big advantage, as it enables one to hit without endangering; 
his hands, and especially one who hits as hard as I do, is far less liable to 
hurt his hands, when properly fitted with gloves. 

The striking bag is what the " doctor ordered," and you cannot improve 
on it. It is fast, durable and perfect in every way and you are to be con- 
gratulated on perfecting the articles in question. 

Wishing you success, I remain, 

Very truly yours. 



Vtsi^ . 



A. G. SPALDING & BROS. 



NEW YORK 

BUFFALO 



CHICAGO 



DENVER 
BALTIMORE 



A. G. Si'ALDiNG & Bros. 

Gentlemen — I have carefully 
inspected the glove you are man- 
ufacturing, called the "Spalding 
Special" Contest Glove, and after 
a thorough examination must con- 
fess it is l)y far the most com- 
fortable glove I have ever had on 
my hand. It possesses all the 
requirements and I am fully satis- 
fied it will gain universal recog- 
nition and will he adopted by all 
the promoters throughout the 
country. The idea of being 
made of special kid leather, and 
also being lined with a special 
tanned perspiration proof leather, 
makes it doubly strong, for it 
can stand any amount of rough 
usage without becoming unfit for 
use. as in most instances, after a 
glove becomes wet with perspir- 
ation, it stretches and gets out of 
shape and is utterly wortliless. 
I gave the glove a thorough 
trial and am confident you have 
hit the nail on the head, and have no hesitancy 
article in question to 
those who are inter ('^y tp -/y/y^y7 f^ 

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ited. 

Yours very 



Cofiyright, iqoi, by J. Hall^ 

11 recommending the 



A. G. SPALDING & BROS, 



NEW YORK 

BUFFALO 



CHICAGO 



DENVER 
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— Spalding^s Boxing Gloves — 

Cut illustrates the patent palm 
lacing and patent palm grip 
referred to in descriptions of 
following boxing gloves. With 
these improvements we be- 
lieve our line is absolutely the 
finest on the market. The 
patent palm lacing insuring a 
snug fit at all times is a very 
valuable feature, and the 
patent palm grip, we know, 
will be appreciated by those 
who want gloves that are up- 
to-date in every particular. 

No. II." Corbett Pattern, 
large 7 oz. glove, gam- 
bia tan leather, padded 
vvitli best curled hair, 
patent palm lacing, 
padded wristband, pa- 
tent palm grip Sub- 
s t a n t i a 1 1 y made 
throughout for hard 
usage. Per set, I4.50 

No. 9. Regulation 5 oz. 
glove, otherwise same 
as No II. Set, $4 50 

No. 13, Corbett pattern, 

^ olive tanned leather, 

well padded with hair, 

and patent palm grip, leather lined and 

Per set, $4.00 

No. 15. Corbett Pattern, soft tanned leather, well padded with 
hair, patent palm lacing and patent palm grip. Per set, $3.00 




patent palm lacing 
bound. 



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The Spalding ^^Championship 
Boxing Gloves 

Us:d and Endorsed by the Champions of the World 



ft 




The Spalding "Championship Gluves" arc endorsed by all champions 
and have been exclusively used for years in championship contests and 
in training. The material and workmanship are of highest quality, the 
fit is perfect, and by their peculiar construetion, absolutely prevent any 
chance of injury to the hands or wrists. Each set is carefully inspected 
before packing, and guaranteed in every particular. Made in three 
sizes, in sets of four gloves. 

No. 115. The Spalding "Championship" Glove, 5 oz. Set, $6.00 
No. 116. The Spalding "Championship" Glove, 6 oz. Set, 6.00 
No. 118. The Spalding "Championship" Glove, 8 oz. Set, 6.00 



The Spalding "Special/' No. 218 

Same style as our Championship Gloves, but not quite so high a quality 
in material or workmanship. 

No. 218. The Spalding "Special." . . Per set, $4 00 

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No 25 Regular Pattern 



\ ) 2i Regular Pattern, outer hand- 
piece of olive tanned leather; grip 
Tnd cuffs of darker shade; hair pad- 
ded and patent palm lacing. $1 50 

No 24 Regular pattern, outer hand- 
piece of dark wine color tanned 
leather, grip and cuffs of darker 
shade; hair padded, elastic wrist- 
band. . . . Per set, $1.00 



No. 23. Regular Pattern, 
soft tanned leather, patent pair 



No. 25. Youths' size, regular pattern, 

lacing Per set, $1.25 

No. 26. Youths' size, regular pattern, dark tanned leather, elastic wrist- 
band Per set, $1.00 



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REGULATION HAND BALLS 


No. I. Match Balls, regulation size and 


weight, leather cover $i.oo 


No. 2. Expert, leather cover 75 


No. 4. Amateur, leather cover. ... .25 


No. 5. Rubber hand ball 25 


Irish Regulation 


Red Rubber Ball, d J^' ^ Black Rubber Ball, 6 D^* 


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The Spalding "Shamrock" Hockey Stick 




j These sticks are 
' made of the finest 
. selected Canadian 
rock elm, only the 
most perfect ones 
being selected at our 
factory to be finished, 
stained and polished. 
No detail of manu- 
facture has been 
neglected in making 
them up, and we 
recommend them 
without reserve as 
the most perfect 
sticks on the market. 

No. 2=0. Each, 75c. 



Endorsed by the Victoria Team of 
Winnipeg, Ctiamplons of tlie 
World 

" The Spalding Championship 
Hockey Stick furnished our team is 
the best stick we have ever used. It 
is used by us in all our matches, and 
we strongly recommend it to all 
players." 

V. C. S. ARMYTAGE. 



Endorsed by tlie Shamrocks of 
Montreal, the World-Pamous 
Team 

" I hereby certify that the Spald- 
ing Championship Hockey Stick i.s 
the only stick used by our club, and 
we consider it the best we have ever 
played with. We recommend it to 
all players." 

HARRY J. TRIHEY. 



New York 

Baltimore 



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Chicago 



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Buffalo 



The Spalding "Championship" Hockey Stick 




Made of the finest 
selected Canadian 
rock elm, and exclu- 
cively used and en- 
dorsed by the Victoria 
team of Winnipeg, 
champions of the 
world, and by the 
famous Shamrock 
team of Montreal, for- 
mer champions. These 
sticks will not fray at 
the bottom where the 
sticks come in contact 
with the ice, and will 
retain their shape 
under all conditions. 



The 



lery important 



matter of weight and 
balance has been care- 
fully considered, and 
the " Spalding Stick " 
is much lighter, yet 
stronger, than any on 
the market. Forward 
and Defence Sticks 
on hand at all times. 

No. O. Spalding " Championslup btick. . . Each, 50c. 

Spalding's "Regulation" Stick 

No. 1. Made of selected and well seasoned timber, and on the 
same lines as our best grade stick. . . . Each, 50c. 

Spalding's "Practice" Stick 

No. 2. Made of good quality timber. Regulation size. A very 
serviceable stick. Each, 25c. 

Spalding's Youths' Stick 

No 3. A very strong and serviceable stick for boys. Painted 
red Each, 25c. 



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THE A. G. Spalding Auto- 
graph Base Ball Bat was 
introduced last season 
and made a pronounced hit with 
the leading batsmen. In quality 
of material and every other nec- 
essary requisite for a first-class 
article we believe it to be the 
best bat ever turned out. It has 
proven exceedingly popular, and 
this season we have added some 
new styles that will interest the 
ball player. The models are those 
used by the best players, and the 
autograph stamped on each is a 
guarantee that every one has 
passed the closest inspection and 
is perfect — judged according to 
our knowledge of base ball play- 
ers' needs — gained after an ex- 
perience of twenty-seven years 
in the manufacture of base ball 
bats. 



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Tape Combed 
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THE timber is seasoned for 
three years, not kiln-dried, 
but seasoned in open 
siieds; then, after a general in- 
spection, it is passed under the 
critical eyes of men trained in a 
factory particularly well equip- 
ped for turning out this class of 
goods. We know of nothing 
that can be done to make an in- 
spection more rigid, and place 
these bats before our customers 
as the finest in every particular 
that we can turn out. 



Tape Wound Handle... $1.00 

Pitch Twine Wound ^ ^^ 

Handle *-^^ 

Combed Handle (patented -ye 

roughening process) * M iJ 

Plain Handle 75 



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and we will make you an ex- 
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keep the model of your bat at 
our factory, so that you can 
re-order at any time. Our 
highest quality bats are made 
from the very best selected 
second growth white ash, 
grown on high land and 
under no circumstances do 
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Our bats are made under the supervision of Jack Pickett who 
has been identified with base ball for the past sixteen years, 
having played with the National, Eastern and Western Leagues. 
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Spalding's Official League Ball. Used exclusively by the National 
League, Minor Leagues, and by all Intercollegiate and other Associa- 
tions for over a quarter of a century. Each ball 

wrapped in tinfoil and put in a separate box, and ^ if ^^% ES 
sealed in accordance with the regulations of the ^^ W m ^Sm^^ 
National League and American Association. War- m ^^^^ 

ranted to last a full game when used under ordinary conditions. 
Spalding's Official Boys' League Ball. Combining all the excel- 
lent qualities of our National League Ball, and is carefully made in 
every particular. It is especially designed for junior 
clubs (composed of boys under sixteen years of age), • ■• JJJ' ^^ 
and all games in which this ball is used will be recog- M JTm MS g, 
nized as legal games, the same as if played with the 
Official League Ball. Each ball put up in separate box and sealed. 

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THE SPALDING 

PERFECTION 

CATCHERS' MITT 




■pOR years our No. 7-0 Mitt has been considered 
_ as near perfection as it was possible to come 

in making an article of this kind. The leather is of 
finest quality calfskin, padding of best felt hair ob- 
tainable, and every other detail of manufacture has 
l.ieen carefully considered, including patent hice 
Ijack with rawhide lacing. _ Thumb is reinforced and 
laced, double row of stitching on heel pad and strap- 
and-buckle fastening at back. 



No. 7=0 



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Spalding's 

'* League " 

Mitt 

Made of green, 
special tanned 
leather, very 
soft and pliable, 
heavily padded. 
An old favorite. 

No. 5-0. 
Each, $4.00 

Spalding's No. O Mitt 

Face, sides and finger-piece made of velvet 
tanned boulevard and back of selected asbestos 
buck, well padded. Well known for reliability. 

No. O, Each. $2.50 



Spalding's No. OA Hitt 

Extra large and heavily padded. Velvet tan- 
ned boulevard and a special tanned leather finger- 
piece and back. Extremely well made. 

No. OA. Each, $2.00 

We have equipped the above mitts with strap-and-birckle fastening 
at back. They have double row of stitching on heel pad, are re- 
inforced and laced at thumb, and have our patent lace back as an 
additional feature. 



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SPALDING'S SUN PROTECTING MASK 



Finest steel 
wire, extra 
heavy black 
enamelled; our 

tent sunshade 
protects the 
eyes without 
obstructing the 



No. 4-0. 
Each, 64. OO 




SPALDING'S SPECIAL 
LEAGUE MASK 

BLACK ENAMELLED 

Made of extra heavy 
and best annealed steel 
wire. Fittings of best 
quality throughout. 

No. 2-0. Each, $2.50 




No. 2=0 



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Spalding's Inflated Body Protectors 

This is the only prac- 
tical device for the 
protection of catchers 
a n d umpires. The 
styles listed below are 
made of the best rub- 
ber, inflated with air; 
light and pliable, and 
do not interfere with 
the movements of the 
wearer under any 
conditions. When 
not in use the air may 
be let out and the 
protector rolled in a 

very small space. 
Particular attention is 
called to our Boys' Protector, the price of which 
is now only $2.00, placing it within reach of all. 
No. O. League Catchers' Protector. $5.00 
No. I . Amateur Catchers' Protector. 3.50 

No. 2. Boys' Catchers' Protector. 2.00 

Spalding's Pitcher's Box Plates 

Made in accordance 
with National League 
regulations a n d o f 
extra quality white 
rubber. Complete 

with pins. 
No. 3. Each, $6.00 




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Spalding's 

New 

Inflated 

Striking Bag 

Disks 




tntes our Inilated 1) 
liiaLcd Striking I 
Disk As will be not 
the disk IS bricketed out 
from a doorway bar, 
having a single overhead 
brace, which is screwed to the 
wall above the door. The door- 
way bar is made of iron pipe, 
having rubber cushions on ends. 
Turning the pipe causes the 
end sockets to spread, 3 immint^ 
the cushions against the s 
30r and making the b ir liun 
id rigid. The bar_nl^^ .iKo 
2 used as a "chinning" hori- 
zontal bar. In ordering, stale 
widthof doorway. 

No.BR. Without bag, $ 10 OD 



The above cut illus- 
trates our Wall Braced 
Inflated Striking Hag 

Disk. 

No. E-R- 

Complete, without 

bag, $7.50 



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ST. LOUIS BOSTON BUFFALO 

KANSAS CITY DENVER MINNEAPOLIS 

LONDON, ENG. 



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MONTREAL, CAN. 



SPALDING'S NEW SOLID STRIKING BAG DISKS 

These disks are de- 
signed to fill the want 
for a low priced article 
ot durable, substantial 
construction. While 
they lack some of the 
distinctive virtues of our 
inflated disk in point 
of design, quality and 
workmanship, they are 
much superior to any 
other kind at equal cost, 
and being so compact, 
are considerably less 
noisy than the large 
gymnasium disk. It is 
strongly braced, and 
perfectly solid, afford- 
ing the best possible 
striking surface for the 
bag obtainable from a ■ ^*^S^p- Patent applied for. 

wooden platform, and what is of more importance, it will stay solid. 

The above cut illustrates our Adjustable Solid Striking Bag 

Disk. This is in every way similar to No. AR, excepting the 

inflated feature. 

No. C-R. Complete, without bag, $7.50 




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SPALDING'S NEW DOORWAY GYMNASIUM 

Combines a striking bag with gloves, upper chest exerciser, and 
back and loin exerciser. The bag is suspended from the ends of 
four elastics, and no matter how hit always flies back to the centre. 

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Complete with extra quality striking bag, durible elastic cord, i 
less pulleys and striking bag gloves 



$6.00 



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KANSAS CITY DENVER MINNEA.POLIS 

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Spalding's 
New Regulation Bags 

New Regulation Styie, olive tanned 
leather cover, double stitched, one- 
piece top and welted seams; reinforced 
loop. This bag is particularly adapted 
for quick work. 

No. 12. Each, $4.00 

New Regulation Style, made of spe- 
cially tanned glove leather, substan- 
tially put together, one-piece top and 
welted seams, double stitched and re- 
inforced throughout. 

No, 10. Complete in box. Each., $3.00 

New Regulation Style, made of fine maroon tanned leather; 
well finished one-piece top and welted seams. 

No. 17. Complete in box. Each, $2.50 

New Regulation Style, extra fine grain leather cover; one- 
piece top and well made throughout. 

No. 16. Complete in box. Each, $2.00 

New Regulation Style, olive tanned leather cover, with one- 
piece top and welted seams. 

No. 15. Complete in box. Each, $1.50 

New Regulation Style, light russet tanned leather cover; 
one-piece top and welted seams. 

No. 14. Complete in box. Each, $1.00 



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No. 6. Extra fine olive tanned leather cover, double stitched, welted seams, 
and reinforced one-piece top. Extra well made throughout. . . Each, $4.00 

No. 5. Regulation size, speciallj' tanned glove leather cover, one-piece top, 
welted seams, double stitched and substantially made. . . . Each, $3 50 

No. 4'/«. Regulation size, fine maroon tanned leather, one-piece top and welted 
seams. Well finished throughout Each, $3.00 

No. 4. Regulation size, fine grain leather cover and well made throughout, one- 
piece top, reinforced, double stitched Each, $2.50 

No. 3. Regulation size, substantial red leather cover, one-piece tjp, reinforced 
and welted seams Each, $2.00 

No. 2^5. Medium size, good quality dark olive tanned leather, well put to- 
gether, one-piece top and welted seams Each, $1.50 

No. 2. Medium size,_good light russet tanned leather, substantially made, two- 
piece top, double stitched Each, f 1.00 

Each bag complete in box, ivith bladder^ rubber cord for 
Hoor^ and rope for ceiling attachment 

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The Tournament 

Modeled after design of promi- 
nent player. Finest white ash 
frame with mahogany throat 
piece and taped bow. Rest 
white gut stringing, combed 
mahogany handle, leather cap- 
ped. Finished with high polish. 

No. II. Each, $6.00 



The Varsity 



A well made racket at a popular 
price. New model. Finely fin- 
ished white ash frame and ma- 
hogany throat piece. Strung 
with fine white gut. Combed 
mahogany handle, leather 
capped. 

No. 10. Each, $5.00 



The Varsity— Cork 

Same as No. 10, but equipped 

with cork handle instead of 

combed mahogany handle. 

No. IOC. Each, $5.50 



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/n./^e pa^e of front oo.or for aJ^/r/ona, SE^^l^S'^ 




This is a fac-simile of the grand prize awarded to A. G. Spalding & Bros, for the 

finest and most complete line of athletic goods exhibited at the Universal Expo- 
sition, Paris, 1900. We have brought this medal to America ii competil' n vt^ith 
the leading makers of the world. It is the highest award \iven i'^' any jxhibit 
and is exclupively granted for the best goods in thp\ particular class. 




Spalding's Athletic Goods were used exclusively in all the athletic events in th. 
Stadium of the Pan-American Exposition in 1901. Spalding's athletic goods ax 
standard of quality and officially recognized as such by the leading gover' 

bodies. 

The Spalding Official League Base Ball, Intercollegiate Foot Ball 

Gadic Foot Ball, Association Foot Ball, Basket Ball, Indoor Br 

Ball, Polo Ball, Boxing Gloves, Athletic Implements. 



